“The Loneliness Of The Arab Is A Terrible Thing; It Is All Consuming. It Is Already Present Like A Little Shadow Under The Heart When He Lays His Head On His Mother's Lap; It Threatens To Swallow Him Whole When He Leaves His Own Country, Even Though He Marries And Travels And Talks To Friends Twenty-four Hours A Day. That Is The Way Sirine Suspects That Arabs Feel Everything - Larger Than Life, Feelings Walking In The Sky.” — Diana Abu-Jaber —